Become a Member
We would love to have you as a member of the Maryland Council for Dance. If you are interested in joining (or renewing), please download a copy of our membership form. You need the free Acrobat Reader for the PDF format.
Membership form PDF (38k)
Membership form Word doc (29k)
Print the form and send it with your check to Karen L Smith, Washington College, 300 Washington Ave., Chestertown, MD 21620.
What are the benefits of membership?
- New Member Benefit! Click this link forThreaded Discussions: Use your mcd user name and password to log into the discussion software, then create your own username and password to join the forums.
- Developing a highly successful forum for dancers and teachers to explore new forms of dance and share their choreography and ideas. The Annual State Dance Festival attracts guests from around the country to meet, teach, and learn from the Maryland dance community.
- Recognizing leaders in the Maryland dance community through our Annual Distinguished Service Award, thereby promoting excellence in dance
- Encouraging the training of young, talented dancers through the Scholarship Program which awards more than $38,000 annually in scholarships & tuitions
- Enhancing the exchange of information in the dance community through the only state-wide publication exclusively for dance, DanceNews
- Promoting dance performance and dance companies by publishing the biannual Calendar of Dance Events
- Serving on education committees within the state to promote dance
Other services include the following:
- Members Use of Mailing List & Labels
- Master Classes, Workshops, & Films
- Showcase of Choreography
- Performances
- Online newsletter as well as option to have the newsletter emailed to you
- MCD Listserv
- Certificate of Membership
- Discounts to Council Sponsored Events
- Links to useful Web sites, and links from our Web site to yours
- BRAVO! Award
- Master Calendar of Dance Events in and around Maryland